Intramitochondrial recombination - Is it why some mitochondrial genes sleep around?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 269-271

  Dowton, Mark ^a   Campbell, Nick J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

GENETICS;

GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

EID: 0035358769     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(01)02182-6     Document Type: Review

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